The HBO comedy returns Sunday with Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ vice president character seeking an even higher office.

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Unlike her fictional vice presidential counterparts on "Scandal" and "House of Cards," Selina Meyer, the title character of the HBO comedy "Veep," hasn't killed anyone – yet.

Selina, as embodied by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is propelled by a mix of outrage and frustration that manifests not in murder, but in strings of hilariously profane insults. It seems sometimes that everyone around her – fellow pols, her ex-husband, her bumbling staff – is out to unravel her presidential ambitions, intentionally or otherwise.

As she summed up Washington life in last season's finest printable line: "If you're not at the table, you're probably on the menu. And I will not be eaten."

Selina's growing hunger for power is poised to provide new comic fodder as the one of the best – and certainly the funniest – of the current White House-centered shows returns Sunday for a third season with the Veep’s long-term presidential run atop the menu.

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The last we saw Selina, she staggered off a wild rollercoaster ride, thanks to the unseen, scandal-embroiled president, who decided not to seek a second term, changed his mind and changed it back again.

The flip-flops gave Louis-Dreyfus an opportunity to show off some comic acrobatics, both wordlessly and with expertly delivered verbal barrages. Scenes where she allows herself a moment of silent unabashed joy in a White House supply closet and later furiously screams into a throw pillow in her office proved highlights of a show whose strongest trait is rapid-fire dialogue.

Louis-Dreyfus puts to use skills she honed on “Seinfeld,” which, like “Veep,” transcended mere sitcom fare. “Veep” plays at times like a far more neurotic, far less idealistic and preachy comic take on “The West Wing.” The political fights and slights Selina faces largely are petty, unlike the life-and-death machinations of “Scandal” and “House of Cards.”

“Veep,” with its parade of human foibles and mishaps – Selina, who wants to shatter the glass ceiling, accidentally walked through a glass door – wins points for realism and relatability.

Case in point: the final scene of last season, when Selina buoyantly escorts some school kids on a West Wing tour, after the learning the president has cleared the way for her candidacy in an election two years away.

“When I grow up, I want to be vice president, just like you!" an adolescent girl gushes.

"Oh no, you don't – you want to be president," Selina admonishes her.

As we await Selina’s presidential run – or stumble – check out a promo for Season 3 below: